The Dundee Evening Telegraph was the only Scottish regional daily title to increase sales in the latest circulation figures published today, with the biggest drop at Glasgow's Evening Times.

DC Thompson's daily title increased its circulation by 3.1% on the previous six months and 0.4% year on year, recording an average daily circulation of 23,269 in the first half of this year, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures published today.

Circulation of the Aberdeen Press & Journal – the only Scottish regional daily to increase its cover price during the first half of the year – fell by 1.3% on the previous six months to 74,457, down 3.3% year on year. But the title, also owned by DC Thompson, remains Scotland's biggest daily regional paper.

The biggest 12-month drop came at Newsquest's Glasgow-based Evening Times, which fell 10.9% year on year and 4.2% on the previous six months to 56,843.

In Wales, both the South Wales Echo in Cardiff and the Wester Mail series recorded double digit 12-monthly drops.

The South Wales Echo was down 4.2% on the previous six months and 10.1% year on year to 35,389. The Western Mail dropped 1.9% on the previous six months and 10.2% year on year to 29,567. Both titles are owned by Trinity Mirror.

The Leader in Wrexham, Flintshire and Chester, owned by North Wales Newspapers, was the only Welsh daily to record a six-monthly increase, up 0.4% (but down 5.1% year on year) to 18,443.

Independent News & Media's Belfast Telegraph was the best performing daily paper in Northern Ireland, up 1.7% on the previous six months but down 1% year on year to 67,353.

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